quilt

[ kwilt ]

/ kwɪlt /

noun

a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.

anything quilted or resembling a quilt.

a bedspread or counterpane, especially a thick one.

Obsolete. a mattress.

verb (used with object)

to stitch together (two pieces of cloth and a soft interlining), usually in an ornamental pattern.

to sew up between pieces of material.

to pad or line with material.

verb (used without object)

to make quilts or quilted work.

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Origin of quilt

1250–1300; Middle English quilte < Old French cuilte < Latin culcita mattress, cushion

OTHER WORDS FROM quilt

quilt·er, noun

Words nearby quilt

quilling, quillon, quillwork, quillwort, quilmes, quilt, quilted, quilting, quilting bee, quim, quimper

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Example sentences from the Web for quilt

One quilt expert weighed his opinions about the installation.
Infinite Variety: The Quilt Show's Catch-22|Lizzie Crocker|March 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
When my mother threatened to give away my baby clothes, I cut them up and made my sister a quilt for her birthday.
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With this flurry of sewing and stuffing, perhaps the 2012 candidates will now know to pursue the quilt vote.
Quilts for Obama|Meg Cox|May 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
She thinks she recognizes that quilt—she missed one off her clothesline several nights ago.
The Castaways of Pete's Patch|Carroll Watson Rankin

Mrs. Sanders took me into a bedroom and spread a quilt on the floor and I laid down, but not to sleep until far into the night.
A Survivor's Recollections of the Whitman Massacre|Matilda Sager
She said she made that quilt herself, when she was a little girl.
The Wonderful Bed|Gertrude Knevels
Jacob closed the window, and folding the quilt softly over her, went out.
Fashion and Famine|Ann S. Stephens
The thin old hands picked up another, and poured its contents upon the quilt.
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British Dictionary definitions for quilt

quilt

/ (kwɪlt) /

noun

a thick warm cover for a bed, consisting of a soft filling sewn between two layers of material, usually with crisscross seams

a bedspread or counterpane

anything quilted or resembling a quilt

verb (tr)

to stitch together (two pieces of fabric) with (a thick padding or lining) between themto quilt cotton and wool

to create (a garment, covering, etc) in this way

to pad with material

Australian informal to strike; clout

Derived forms of quilt

quilter, noun

Word Origin for quilt

C13: from Old French coilte mattress, from Latin culcita stuffed item of bedding

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